Fedora here, been running Baldur's Gate 3 no problem using proton. Even with a 2600.

No reason to go back to windows knowing I can run pretty much anything through steam.

Small communities are the best communities

In 10 years we went through a huge jump. Mass use of smart phones, new PoS systems, the internet has become overly censored, forest fires like we have never seen before, covid, powerful handhelds, AI... Things are exponential right now

On my steamdeck, plugged into a projector

I still vote we are some sort of experiment for aliens to observe, and have been under the microscope as they watched us evolve from primal creatures to the death of the world as we advance with our destructive technologies.

I was here early June when there was very little activity. I didn't really understand the fediverse, and how instances worked. I remember thinking "this has so much potential!" The average instance had about 4000 users. And now it's exploding. I know many people are going to continue to use Reddit, there's still more users on Reddit then there are on here, there probably always will.

I feel the users that end up on here are smart, informed, fed up, we see past the lies, we are mature and chill as fuck.

The fact Lemmy takes time to learn is a good thing.

I just take mushrooms

You just described me perfectly.

I feel like the people who are really upto speed, read between the lines, know their shit, and know what the best shit it.

Generally the people on here take their time, do their research, and invest in some quality product.

I was a Windows user up until last summer, a daily Reddit user since 2011, I was born in 1991, always been somewhat of a computer geek growing up.

In life I work as a barista/manager in a cafe, I set up the whole POS, trained staff, I do latte art.

Outside of work I organize public boardgame groups and movies in the park using a projecto, connected to a steamdeck, connected to a harddrive with 1800 movies.

The second Reddit hit the fan, I came here.

When I go to the bar, I make friends easy, I talk people's ears off about geeky stuff. I eat mushroom chocolates a few times a week that I made my self, mushrooms give me insight and revelations.

I am the only person I know in person who has a steamdeck, no one I talk to is familiar with Linux, and few people are familiar with the fediverse and what's happened to Reddit.

It's odd feeling like the odd one out, but I am happy to have these forums to connect to other odd ones out.

60s James Bond had a dad bod.

I refuse to go on Reddit, it sucks because it takes way longer to find the answers I search for.

Here me out

The only way Lemmy can remain this way, and be able to afford the rising cost of server upkeep is to rely on ad revenue generated by bots, generated on dead websites. Now ofcourse the people running the servers would need to also own these ad riddled websites.

The way it would work, is droves of AI get trained to surf the internet, click on click bait, look at ads, and simply simulate human foot traffic.

This money would then go towards server upkeep in the fediverse.

It's kind of a loophole.

As long as the API remains public there will be add free Lemmy on the ads. But your right as long as people start coming out to these "malls" where there is no shopping to be had, the food is free, lots of chatter and there's lots of seating. Eventually there is bound to be a catch, there's lots of people hanging about, if I was the monopoly guy I would be figuring out how to get these people to spend money, especially the cost of keeping the mall open goes up.

I'm there there are greedy mo-fo's watching. All it takes is someone with a nice big lump sum offer to the people that run the servers and that someone with revenue in their minds will sprinkle ads and premium features all throughout the instances.

I created a new community that works with kbin

https://lemmy.ca/c/ontario_index

Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I will create an alternative one on Kbin. For some reason the Canada Lemmy doesn't get along well with other instances.

For example I posted a post yesterday to Lemmy world through Lemmy.ca, and it had way more upvotes and comment on Kbin. They simply just were not visible on Lemmy.ca

It's comfortable to hold, I have the kill switch on mine with the kickstand, I usually use a pillow or a table as a support with the kickstand up. It's still not as heavy as it looks, very comfortable in the hands.

As for heat, it gets pretty hot, but not scolding hot. It's designed to last years

I actually now feel like engaging in discussion again. Isn't it funny? I guess all my negative experiences with Reddit just shut me up on there.

I'm sure the programers have stuff up their sleeves.

AI is our biggest threat, it's gotten to be easy for AI to be trained to use the internet and engage in discussion. I just hope when that stuff exponetially takes off, it doesn't invade Lemmy.

AI is much like an invasive species, but rather than in nature, it's online.

Cyberwar incoming? Who's to know.

My biggest worry is that it becomes over moderated like all the subreddits.

I fucking hated writing a heated passionate post, only to have it automatically removed because I didn't read the fine print.

I prefer when everything is voted on in the community, vs automatic removals and strict mod's.

It actually took my motivation away to post, so I ended up just being a lurker.

The fact that there are so many Lemmy servers makes me feel as if one server goes to shit, there will be another one that offers more freedom of expression.

I also enjoy that that there is a specific instance for NSFW content, it keeps things organized.

Why can't we just let the users decide what gets visibility vs what doesn't?

I know it may be a stupid question. The problem with Reddit was it become to moderated to the point if you didn't read the fine print your post would get removed.

I think users simply agree what is relevant to the community and what isn't and will vote accordingly.

If the content is obviously NSFW take it down, and if they are spamming obviously ban them and remove the spam.

I really would hate to Lemmy become overmoderated.